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Activist Poetics: Anarchy in the Avon Valley by John Kinsella (Hardback, 2010)

John Kinsella is kwn internationally as the acclaimed author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, but in tandem with - and often directly through - his creative and critical work, Kinsella is also a prominent activist. In this important collection of essays the vegan anarchist pacifist poet claims that poetry can act as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills, in particular ecological damage and abuse. Kinsella builds on his earlier tion of 'linguistic disobedience' evolving out of civil disobedience, and critiques the figurative qualities of his poems in a context of resistance. The book includes explorations of anarchism, veganism, pacifism, and ecological poetics. For Kinsella all poetry is political and can be a call to action.

Place of Publication
Liverpool
Spine
20mm
Edited by
Niall Lucy
Introduction by
Niall Lucy
Content Note
13 Colour Plates, 1 Black & White Plates, 1 Maps
Author Biography
John Kinsella is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, Professor of English at Kenyon College in the United States and Adjunct Professor to Edith Cowan University, Western Australia, where he is a Principal of the Landscape and Language Centre. He is a poetry critic for the Observer and was founding editor of the literary journal Salt.
Topic
Landscape, Abuse, Language, Literary Criticism, Language,Criticism,Books,Abuse,Poetry,Literary Criticism,Landscape, Criticism, Poetry, Books
Date of Publication
31/05/2010
Imprint
Liverpool University Press
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Literary Criticism

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